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Spittin' Image

Chapter 5

The General skidded to a stop and the oldest Duke boy climbed out the window. "Uncle Jesse!" Luke called out as he headed towards the house. Jesse, followed by Cooter, walked out the door just as Luke got to it.

"What's goin' on, Uncle Jesse? How'd ya know that Bo was gonna get arrested?" Luke asked, wanting answers to the endless questions running through his head.

"Now just take it easy," Jesse ordered seeing how agitated his nephew was. "I can explain." Luke nodded and took a deep breath. "Well first off," Jesse started. "We gots us a visitor that inadvertently caused us this trouble."

"A visitor? Who is it?" Luke angrily asked. "What's he got against us?"

"He ain't got nothin' against us. Like I said, it was an accident."

"More like a case of mistaken identity," Cooter grinned.

Luke looked between his uncle and the mechanic trying to figure out what they were talking about. "Well who is this person?"

Jesse sighed as he glanced at Cooter. "Well, I guess the best way ta answer ya is ta introduce y'all. Cooter, ya want ta go get Jonathan for us?"

"Sure thing, Uncle Jesse," Cooter answered before heading into the house.

"Now ya might just want ta take a seat there at the picnic table," Jesse ordered as he steered Luke to the old table and pushed him down forcing him to sit on the bench.

Soon the back door opened and out walked Cooter followed closely by Jonathan. Luke quickly stood up when he saw his cousin standing there looking very agitated. "Wait a minute! Ms. Tizdale told me that she saw Rosco arrest Bo. How'd he get here so fast?"

"That's just it, Luke," Jesse smiled. "He ain't Bo."

"What do ya mean he ain't Bo?" Luke yelled back in confusion.

"Luke," Cooter grinned. "I'd like ya ta meet Jonathan Kent from Smallville, Kansas."

"Uh hi. Nice to meet you," Jonathan shyly said.

Luke couldn't help but blink in confusion as he stared at the blonde haired man, not quite believing their story, but one look at Jesse and Cooter, he just knew that that wasn't his cousin standing there. "But…I mean…that's not Bo?"

"Nope."

"He's really not…" Luke saw Jesse shaking his head and found himself sitting back down on the bench. "He looks just like Bo."

"I know," Jesse grinned back. "Jonathan's the spittin' image of your cousin."

"He sure is," Luke nodded slowly. Standing back up he walked over to his cousin's twin and took a hard look, finally noticing the small differences between the two. "Boy ya sure do look like Bo. Nice ta meet ya, Jonathan," Luke grinned back as he held out his hand.

For some reason, Jonathan found himself feeling relieved that the dark haired man had easily accepted the fact that he wasn't his cousin Bo, but now found himself upset about the fact that his "twin" was in jail because of him. "Uh, I'm sorry about all of this. If I had known that all of this was going to happen, I would have stayed out of Hazzard," he answered as he returned Luke's handshake.

"Now how were ya ta know that any of this was gonna happen?" Jesse asked the young man before turning to Luke. "Jonathan here was the one Rosco pulled over at one of his speed traps this mornin'. As ya can guess, Rosco thought that he was Bo and arrested him on all sorts of charges."

Luke nodded as understanding hit him. "What kind of charges?"

"Speeding, grand theft auto, using a fake driver's license, and probation violation," Cooter replied as he clapped Jonathan on his shoulder. "Everything that'll send Bo up the river for a long time."

"Cooter here then broke Jonathan out of jail and brought him here when he realized that he wasn't Bo, so ya can add escape ta them charges," Jesse said.

"I'm real sorry about all the trouble that I caused," Jonathan apologized again.

"I already done told ya that none of this is your fault," Jesse scolded lightly.

"Heck, ya didn't do anythin' at all except look like Bo," Luke grinned back.

"Now all we have ta do is figure out how ta get Bo out of this," Cooter chipped in.

"Same as before," Jesse answered. "We just take Jonathan with us ta the courthouse and show JD and Rosco that this really is Jonathan and that Bo is really Bo."

"Couldn't be simpler," Cooter said with a grin.